Craft Distilling

New Society Publishers - Victoria Redhed Miller

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Many people have experienced great success making their own beer or wine at home. In recent years a number of hobbyists have become interested in making distilled spirits. However, distilled spirits are more complicated to produce, and the process presents unique safety issues. In addition, alcohol distillation without a license is illegal in most countries, including the United States and Canada.

From mashing and fermenting to building a small column still, Craft Distilling is a complete guide to creating high-quality whiskey, rum and more at home. Experienced brewer, distiller, and self- reliance expert Victoria Redhed Miller shares a wealth of invaluable information including:

Quality Spirits 101: Step-by-step recipes and techniques
Legal Liquor: An overview of the licensing process in the United States and Canada
Raising the Bar: Advocacy for fair regulations for hobby distillers

This unique resource will show you everything you need to know to get started crafting top-quality spirits on a small scale – and do it legally. Sure to appeal to hobbyists, homesteaders, self-sufficiency enthusiasts, and anyone who cares about fine food and drink, Craft Distilling is the ideal offering for independent spirits.

Victoria Redhed Miller is a writer, photographer and homesteader who lives on a forty-acre off-grid farm in northwest Washington State with her husband David. She strives to enhance her family's self-reliance through solar energy, gardening, food preservation, raising heritage poultry, blacksmithing, and other traditional skills Victoria is the author of Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks.

Schedule A – Table of Contents

Part One: Distillation

Chapter 1: Distill my own liquor? Really?
Chapter 2: The basics of distillation
Chapter 3: Safety concerns with distilling
Chapter 4: From beer to whiskey
Chapter 5: But do you save money making your own?
Sidebar: WA State rule about ingredients
Chapter 6: Mashing and fermentation
Chapter 7: Small-scale aging of liquor
Sidebar: sourcing used barrels
Chapter 8: Gin
Sidebar: Growing my own juniper berries and other botanicals for flavoring gin.
Chapter 9: Vodka
Sidebar: Making flavored vodkas and infusions.
Chapter 10: You say whiskey, and I say whisky...
Chapter 11: Scotch-style single-malt whiskey
Sidebar: Can I call my single-malt whiskey Scotch?
Chapter 12: Rum
Chapter 13: Sunchokes and other distilling experiments
Sidebar: Sunchokes and the fuel-ethanol industry
Chapter 14: Other uses for your distillation skills
Chapter 15: Build my own still? Really?
Chapter 16: The home distillery
Sidebar: Facility requirements and location
Chapter 17: The farm distillery
Sidebar: The tasting room
Chapter 18: Starting small has big advantages
Chapter 19: Get organized and plan ahead
Chapter 20: Malting grains for distilling
Chapter 21: Bottling and labeling
Sidebar: WA exemption when spirits are sold in-state
Chapter 22: Storing your finished liquor (as if you'll need to)
Chapter 23: Make your own bitters
Chapter 24: A few classic cocktail recipes
Sidebar: Homemade tonic water

Part Two: Distilling liquor legally
Chapter 25: It all started when...
Chapter 26: But I just want to make booze for myself!
Chapter 27: New Zealand: A model of legal home distillation
Chapter 28: New York's Farm Distillery Act
Chapter 29: The legal fine print: Current WA State and Federal laws
Sidebar: What is the penalty if I am caught illegally distilling liquor?
Sidebar: WA State Liquor Control Board
Sidebar: Don't be afraid of the process, but do be prepared to be patient.
Chapter 30: Taxes and other facts of distilling life
Chapter 31: What do you mean, I HAVE to sell it?

Part Three: Call to action
Chapter 32: If it's a “sin,” why do so many monks make booze?
Chapter 33: I'm trying to do the right thing here!
Chapter 34: I knew I'd be asked this question...
Chapter 35: Let's raise the bar

Appendix A: Checklist: The licensing process (WA State and Federal)
Appendix B: Resources for information, equipment, and a lot more

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